X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/wxWidgets.git/blobdiff_plain/107cc3fa382652faf992cf99d3f3041a131cab82..bc9d3d911cfb51f612a699d7fb00f57eb5b2097c:/docs/publicity/announce.txt diff --git a/docs/publicity/announce.txt b/docs/publicity/announce.txt index dbd0d25b0d..0bffcc812f 100644 --- a/docs/publicity/announce.txt +++ b/docs/publicity/announce.txt @@ -1,87 +1,78 @@ -Announcing wxWidgets 2.5.5: a cross-platform GUI toolkit ----------------------------------------------------------------- - -October 11th, 2004 -- the wxWidgets team is pleased to announce -a development snapshot release of the mature cross-platform C++ -application framework. - -The following platforms are supported: - -- Windows 95/98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP -- Windows CE -- Linux/Unix/VMS with GTK+ 1.x and 2.0 -- Linux/Unix with X11 (beta) -- Linux/Unix with Motif/Lesstif -- Mac OS 9.x and 10.x using Carbon -- Mac OS 10.x using Cocoa (beta) -- OS/2 (beta) -- MGL (Linux and DOS) - -A non-GUI subset of wxWidgets called wxBase is also supported -on most of these platforms. - -To get wxWidgets, go to the Download page at: - - http://www.wxwidgets.org - -This is a development snapshot, sometimes known as -an 'unstable' release. Improvements over 2.4.x include: -numerous bug fixes, STL-like container classes, -improved GTK+ 2 compatibility, new build system, -improved Unicode compatibility, wxRenderer class, -shaped frame and dialog windows on Windows and GTK+, -more efficient UI update processing, print preview -improvements, wxCrashReport class, OpenWatcom and -Digital Mars compiler support, and more. Improvements -over 2.5.2 include much improved Mac OS X and Windows CE -support, as well as the usual bug fixes and minor enhancements. - -*** About wxWidgets - -wxWidgets is a comprehensive open-source, multi-platform C++ GUI -framework, that can be used to build commercial and free -software. First released in 1992 under the name wxWindows, it's -increasingly used by organisations and individuals all over the -world due to its winning combination of sophistication, wide -platform coverage, ease of use, unrestrictive licence and -vibrant user community. - -For most ports, wxWidgets adopts the native look and feel of -each platform since it uses the native widget sets. There is also -a generic widget set, used for example by the wxX11 port - no -other widget set is required, giving the potential for embedded -use. - -An extraordinary range of classes is provided - but don't be put -off by this because most people find wxWidgets easier to learn -and use than MFC and other frameworks. - -As well as comprehensive support for the usual widgets, advanced -features include: HTML viewing/printing, wxImage class providing -handlers for reading and writing many image types, resizeable panels -and dialogs on all platforms, document/view, OpenGL support, -HTML-based and context-sensitive help, wizards, drag and drop, -a grid class, ODBC support, threads, sockets, container classes, -a styled text control, and much more. An eighteen hundred page -reference manual is provided in HTML, MS HTML Help, WinHelp, -wxWidgets Help and PDF formats, and there are over eighty samples -and demos. - -If you're an MFC user, you'll find many wxWidgets concepts -reassuringly familiar, while often clearer and more consistent. -If you're not, you should still find it intuitive from the start. - -wxWidgets bindings for several other languages are available, -including Python, Perl, Basic, Lua, JavaScript and Eiffel. - -If you're considering wxWidgets, do check out some of these links: - - http://www.wxwidgets.org/feedback.htm ; Comments from users - http://www.wxwidgets.org/screensh.htm ; Screenshots - http://www.wxwidgets.org/users.htm ; A list of some of our - ; users - -Have fun! - -The wxWidgets team +July 9, 2012 -- The wxWidgets team is pleased to announce the +latest 2.9.4 release of wxWidgets library. +wxWidgets 2.9.4 is available at + + https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.4/ + +and soon will also appear at our FTP mirror at + + ftp://ftp.wxwidgets.org/pub/2.9.4/ + +Please choose the archive format suitable for your platform, i.e. 7z +or ZIP for Windows platforms and tar.bz2 for the Unix systems +including OS X (all archives contain sources for all wxWidgets ports +but they use different line endings) and follow the instructions in +readme.txt file for installing it. Notice that if you decide to use +the Windows installer (.exe file) you still need to build wxWidgets +as only sources, not binaries, are installed. + +However, for the first time ever, we also experimentally provide the +pre-built versions of wxMSW libraries built with several version of +Microsoft Visual C++ compiler. You can download them from + + https://sourceforge.net/downloads/wxwindows/2.9.4/binaries/ + +Please see the README file there for the descriptions of the +individual files. + + +This release mostly focuses on bug fixes in preparation for 3.0 +release, in particular there are a lot of improvements in wxOSX/Cocoa +port. The most important new feature in this release is experimental +support for building wxGTK with GTK+ 3 version of the toolkit. Other +noteworthy additions are: + +- Transparent background is now support for wxGTK windows. +- New style directory selection dialog is now used in wxMSW. +- Native wxDatePickerCtrl and wxTimePickerCtrl for wxOSX. +- wxFSInputStream stream class for reading data from wxFileSystem. +- wxGrid::Render() method allows to print or save wxGrid contents. +- Strike-through fonts are now supported. +- Horizontal mouse wheel events are now generated. + + +The list of of changes since the 2.8 series is much too long to be +listed here but the most important ones are: + +- Completely overhauled Unicode support which is much easier to use. +- New Cocoa-based wxOSX port for Mac OS X for both 32 and 64 bits. +- New property grid and ribbon libraries are now included in wxWidgets. +- Better interoperability with standard library classes. +- Totally revised and more readable manual. +- Improved debugging support. + +Please see the changes.txt file in the "docs" subdirectory of +wxWidgets distribution or also available online at +https://sourceforge.net/projects/wxwindows/files/2.9.4/changes.txt/docs/changes.txt +for more details and http://docs.wxwidgets.org/2.9.4/overview_changes_since28.html +if you are upgrading from wxWidgets 2.8. + + +Note about naming: while 2.9.4 is called a "development" release, +this only means that API is not guaranteed to remain unchanged in +the subsequent 2.9.x releases (although it is very unlikely to change +in incompatible ways at this stage), unlike in the stable 2.8.x branch +where source and binary compatibility is always preserved between the +different micro releases. We believe the current version is stable and +suitable for use in production environment and recommend using it for +any new projects using wxWidgets. + +We are especially looking forward to your feedback about the changes +in this release compared to 2.8 version if you're upgrading. Please +let us know about any regressions (http://trac.wxwidgets.org/newticket) +so that we could fix them in the upcoming 3.0. Thanks in advance! + + Enjoy! + +Vadim Zeitlin, on behalf of wxWidgets development team.